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Did you know... that U.S. Virgin Islands suffragist Ella Gifft smuggled rum during Prohibition by hiding it in her underwear?
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... that US Virgin Islands suffragist Ella Gifft smuggled rum during prohibition by hiding it in her underwear? Source: "One song, "Ella Gifft", tells the story of a large-bodied woman who was notorious for her ability to smuggle rum into the US Virgin Islands, a practice that US prohibition made quite profitable. She did this by concelaing the contrband bottles of rum in specially made pockets in her pantalettes, which were quite roomy due to her large size." Colleen Ballerino (2010). Take me to my paradise : tourism and nationalism in the British Virgin Islands. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-5031-2, p.22
Overall: excellent this is the sort of factoid i come to DYK for! and nice to click through and discover there's a shanty about when it didn't work out. good work! good to go Mujinga (talk) 14:58, 15 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
excellent this is the sort of factoid i come to DYK for! and nice to click through and discover there's a shanty about when it didn't work out. good work! good to go Mujinga (talk) 14:58, 15 January 2022 (UTC)